In March 2017, Nyingchi Mainling Airport opened a new terminal. The airport is located 52 km (~32 miles) from Nyingchi (~200,000 population) and ~15 km from Arunachal Pradesh, India. As of early 2017, air carriers that utilized Nyingchi Mainling Airport included Air China, Tibet Airlines, and Sichuan Airlines. The new terminal will service flights to Xi’an (Shaanxi Province), Beijing, Lhasa, Shenzhen, Guangzhou (Guangdong Province), Kunming (Yunnan Province), and Chongqing.

Established in 1999 in Guizhou province (southwestern China), Kweichow Moutai (SHA:600519) is a state-owned enterprise in China, specializing in the production and sales of Maotai liquor, together with the production and sale of beverage, food and packaging material, and development of anti-counterfeiting technology.